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A. P. EASTMAN.

SCHOOL, SONG, AND SIGN ROLL.

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A. P. EASTMAN.

SCHOOL, SONG, AND SIGN ROLL. No. 268,468. PatentedDeo. 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SCHOOL, SONG, AND SIGN ROLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,468, dated December5, '1882.

Application filed January 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT P. EASTMAN, ofFalls Church, county of Fairfax, State of Virginia, have invented a newand useful School, Song, and Sign Roll; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, and of themanner ofconstructing and operating the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is an elevation of a part of my device. Figs. 2 and 3 showdifferent forms of the keepers employed. Fig. 4 shows the parts of theinvention put together. Figs. 5 and 6 show details, and Fig. '7 showsdifferent forms of tags employed.

The object of my invention is to construct a changeable roll orposterupon which there may be set up any printed letters, any out,illustration, musical score, or the like, which may be removedagain,"when done with, to make room for another; and the inventionconsists in the devices and combinations hereinafter fully specified,and pointed out in the claims.

I provide, first, a backing or ground of any suitable material. Foroutdoor use I prefer light thin wood, painted or suitably waterproofed,or sheet metal. For indoor use card board, or some woven fabricsufficiently inelastic, will suffice; but my preferred construction is aheading and frame-work, A, of wood, upon which a fabric, b, is evenlystretched. The heading is better fitted to receive the more permanentpart of the device-such as the name of the school, the name of the firm,or the like-and the frame gives firmness t0 the structure. The fabricrendersit light, and admits of ready and easy modification of thoseparts of the devices arranged upon it which require more frequentchanging. This backing or ground may be hung or supported in anysuitable manner. I have shown in Fig. 4 a preferred construction ofheading and framework and means of supporting the parts. The heading iscomposed of a piece of rigid material, a, adapted to be suspended in anyconvenient manner, from which depend two or more cords, 0. These cordssuspend cross-bars (I, provided with one or more rows of headed (Nomodel.)

pins, 0. The lower edge of the heading may be studded with such pinspartly or entirely across. A panel, B, of flexible material, providedatits ends with stretching-sticks f, and upon its upper and lower edgeswith loops 9, arranged at distances apart corresponding to the headedpins upon the cross-bars, admits ofbeing spread and attached to thecross-bars, as shown. As many of such cross-bars and panels may be thussuspended upon the suspending-cords as is desired, as is sufficientlyobvious. The stretching-sticks are also of use as a rod or rods uponwhich to roll the flexible panel when detached, which is very convenientfor the transportation after any device may have been set upon them.Panels of canvas, B, stretched upon rigid frames, may be interpolated bymeans of loops or eyes upon their upper and lower edges, or, by means ofeyes upon one edge and hooks upon theother, may be attached to eachother and to the heading, forming a chain of rigid panels. Upon thisbacking I set up the print, out, illustration, musical score, or thelike, by means of tags, Fig. 7, arranged in the necessary order,whichtags have printed, painted, or in anywise formed on them the necessaryletters or characters to compose the same. Each tag may bear a singleletter, or a syllable, a cut or part ot'a cut, or illustration, orborder, or an element of the musical score. A sufficient number of suchtags are provided and so printed that out of them, as parts, thecomplete word or design may be composed. These tags may be made ofcard-board, sheet metal, or thin wood, or any equivalent material havingsufficient rigidity. The tags are to be set up on the backing in anydesired series or order, in straight or curved lines, as may suit thedesigner.

The means for securing the tags to the backing consist of projectionsformed on the tags arranged to engage with keepers secured upon thebacking. The said projections upon the tags may consist of portions ofthe card, broad and single, projecting from the body of it, as at It inFig. 7, and forming shoulders, as at 17; or they may be two or moreslenderer parts formed thereon or attached thereto, as at h,

and having bearing-shoulders, as at i, or a single projectionoverhanging upon the front, as at h", or overhanging in the rear of thetag, from the top of it, as at h, Fig. 7.

The keepers, by means of which the tags, with their projections orshoulders, are held upon the backing, consist of fine wires, slenderstrips of sheet metal, strong thread, or equivalent material, secured atproper intervals to the backing, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In case ofwire or thread, it may be looped upon the backing in the shape of a longstitch, as seen at 70. This stitch may be formed very short upon theback of the backing, as at k, and long upon the front, as at 70, for thepur pose of arranging the inscription entirely upon one face only of theroll; or the stitches may also be made of a like length upon the back asupon the front, as shown at b in Fig. 3, in which case both sides of thebacking may be used to arrange the prints upon. In the case of a stripof sheet metal or paper-board, or a thin splint of wood, it may besecured to the backing at its ends or along its lower edge, as shown inFig. 2. I may also employ broad- .headed screws or tacks driven into theback- 1 1g nearly to their heads, the necks of the tacks )Igaging theshoulders and projections upon the tags, as shown at 1, Fig. 4. Thecolor of the tags may be the same as that of the backing, or a highercolor if a brighter eii'ect is desired. That of the letter or print uponthe tags must be of a sharper contrasting color. The color of thekeepers, when the printed face of the tag is fixed between them and thebacking, should correspond with the ground color of the tag, except incase of setting up the musical score, maps, ornamental cuts, and thelike, in which the line followed or the point marked by the keepercoincides with the lines or points of the print set up, in which case itmay be the color of the print upon the tags, as shown at m, or a colorblending therewith, as may suit the designer.

For the purpose of supplementing the five lines of the musical scorewith the added lines and notes above or below, I combine with keepers ofa color contrasting with the backing and preferably corresponding withthe print upon the tag, the same being to form the five lines of thescore, keepers also of a color corresponding with the backing, arrangedboth above and below the aforesaid keepers, and tags bearing the imprintof a note and a portion of a line, the latter, when engaged with thelastmentioned keepers, indicating the added lines and notes above andbelow.

It will be seen that my device may be employed to great advantage inweek-day schools to represent mottoes, maps, designs, 850.; inSunday-schools to represent the roll of the school, showing thosepresent, amount collected, 850., the movable sections representing thedifferent classes, and attached to or placed near the seats occupied bythe classes until collected by the officers of the school at the propertime, and hung together, as before described, forming a complete roll ofthe membership of the school, and indicating by different-coloredletters, colored slips under the names, or signs before or after thenames, any fact in regard to attendance, punctuality, 850., which may bedesired. It can also be used as a song-roll and as a substitute for theblack board, poster, or printed programme, and in stores to advertisegoods, as an express-call in windows, or upon walls, or anywhere as anadvertiser or bulletin.

hat I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a backing provided with keepers of thread,wire, or the like looped through said backing, substantially as setforth, of tags adapted to engage with said keepers.

2. The combination, with a backing provided with keepers of thread,wire, or the like looped through said backing, as described, of tagsadapted to engage with said keepers, and having projections, wherebythey may be arranged in an orderly relation to each other.

3. The combination, with a head-piece studded with broad-headed tacks ortheir equivalent in an orderly series, of tags having projectionsadapted to engage and to be held thereby, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination, with flexible backing provided with keepers ofthread or the like looped through said backing, as descri.bed, 0f tagshaving projections, and adapted to engage and beheld by said keepers, assetforth.

5. The combination of a backing of one color and keepers of anothercolor, adapted to receive tags and serve as the lines of the musicalstaff, as set forth.

6. A tag having a musical character, and having also a line diifering incolor from that of the backing on which the tagisplaccd, andrepresenting the added line or lines of the musical staff, as set forth.

7. The combination,with a backing and keepers of one color, of keepersof another color arranged in the five lines of the musical staff, andtags engaging with the last-mentioned keepers, and tags havingtransverse lines agreeing with the last-named keepers and engaging withthose first named, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with a backing provided with keepers of thread orthe like looped through said backing, as set forth, of a tag having oneor more projections, and adaptedto engage the keepers thereby, as setforth.

9. A tag of card-board or other suitable material, and inscribed withone or more letters or characters, and having one or more downwardprojections,whercby shoulders are formed at the sides of the tags andbetween the pro- IIO jections, in case there be more than one of bioattaching devices, wherebyachain of panthe latter, as set forth. els maybe formed with the head-piece, as set 10. The combination of ahead-piece, susforth.

pending cords, cross bars, movable flexible 1 I r T 5panels,anc1suitableattaching devices,allforn1- ALBLRL EASDMAB' in g aschool or song roll, as set forth. \Vitnesses:

11. In a. school or song roll, as set forth, R. F. BARNES,

the combination of a head-piece'and separa- \V. O. JIRDINSTON.

